diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
index 55a9d4561b..13a2988e30 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/__snapshots__/members.test.js.snap
@@ -5701,6 +5701,24 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`Members API Cannot add unknown tiers to a member 1: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "errors": Array [
+    Object {
+      "code": null,
+      "context": "Could not find Product blahblahid",
+      "details": null,
+      "ghostErrorCode": null,
+      "help": null,
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+      "message": "Request not understood error, cannot edit member.",
+      "property": null,
+      "type": "BadRequestError",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`Members API Cannot delete a non-existent member 1: [body] 1`] = `
 Object {
   "errors": Array [
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js
index e1ff6b63d7..6f21db1eb8 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-api/admin/members.test.js
@@ -1740,6 +1740,29 @@ describe('Members API', function () {
         should.deepEqual(memberWithPaidSubscription, readMember, 'Editing a member returns a different format than reading a member');
     });
 
+    it('Cannot add unknown tiers to a member', async function () {
+        const memberId = testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.members[0].id;
+        const unknownProductId = 'blahblahid';
+
+        sinon.stub(logging, 'error');
+
+        await agent
+            .put(`/members/${memberId}/`)
+            .body({
+                members: [{
+                    tiers: [{
+                        id: unknownProductId
+                    }]
+                }]
+            })
+            .expectStatus(400)
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                errors: [{
+                    id: anyErrorId
+                }]
+            });
+    });
+
     it('Cannot add complimentary subscriptions to a member with an active subscription', async function () {
         if (!memberWithPaidSubscription) {
             // Previous test failed
diff --git a/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js b/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js
index 6c395a38b0..f3660cebc5 100644
--- a/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js
+++ b/ghost/members-api/lib/repositories/MemberRepository.js
@@ -548,6 +548,14 @@ module.exports = class MemberRepository {
 
         for (const productId of productsToAdd) {
             const product = await this._productRepository.get({id: productId}, sharedOptions);
+            if (!product) {
+                throw new errors.BadRequestError({
+                    message: tpl(messages.productNotFound, {
+                        id: productId
+                    })
+                });
+            }
+
             if (product.get('active') !== true) {
                 throw new errors.BadRequestError({message: tpl(messages.tierArchived)});
             }